deadeye
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Behind the square jaw, deadeye stare and Marine Corps growl, former special counsel Robert S. Mueller III does have a soft spot when it comes to answering tough questions in congressional hearings.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 21, 2019
Each is deadeye with a gun — a good skill to have when rattlesnakes make their way into your home.
From New York Times ● Jun. 12, 2018
Even deadeye sharpshooter Reggie Miller clapped his wrists when releasing the ball.
From Forbes ● Aug. 26, 2014
Kentucky was a deadeye 35-of-37 at the line, compared to 13-of-17 for the Hoosiers.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 24, 2012
But she couldn’t understand why God would hold that against her or against Monica Mathers, who’d never started a war or killed anybody, and whose deadeye three-pointers were straight-up amazing.
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
Coach Ranko Zeravica threw down the gauntlet after his Yugoslav deadeyes trounced Italy, 86-77, for the gold medal.
From Time Magazine Archive
Below, Lee Goom and Toyama were lowering skylight covers and screwing up deadeyes.
From The Night-Born by Jack London
Make fast your painter round one of her deadeyes, and then follow me aboard.”
From Overdue The Story of a Missing Ship by W. Herbert Holloway
It consists of a small line reeved back and forth through the holes in the "deadeyes," A; the ends are then seized to the standing rigging to prevent slipping.
From Knots, Splices and Rope Work A Practical Treatise by A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt) Verrill
Everything on the decks was brightly revealed, every ringbolt, the pins in the rails, deadeyes, sails, gear, aye, every rope in the rigging was boldly etched against the glowing background.
From The Blood Ship by Norman Springer
